Many of you know about herbal remedies, and maybe make them yourselves. I know whenever we first start seeing the symptoms of a cold popping up we want to react quickly and I go straight to my herb jars. It seems like you hear about this often lately and one of the oldest and best known cold remedies is Elderberry Syrup. It’s also pretty amazing at helping to prevent colds and flu as well. I am not a doctor and would highly recommend you do your own research about this. I just know what works for us, and love sharing our experiences!
Here is some basic information about Elderberry and our pictorial so you can learn how we make Elderberry at One Ash Homestead.
Elderberries turn into a beautiful syrup to be taken by the spoonful (1-3 tablespoons per day depending on age), or used on pancakes, waffles, yogurt or added to a cup of tea.
One Ash Homestead Elderberry Syrup
-1 1/2 cups water
-1 small cinnamon stick, or ½ of a large one
-2 whole cloves
-½ tsp. minced fresh ginger
-½ cup raw honey
(Note- this recipe can be multiplied to make a larger batch.)
This is wonderful!!!! Could I please ask you multiple questions as I am new to all of this 😛 Is this the same recipe you use on pancakes? If we had pancakes almost every morning would we become immune to the helpful parts of the elderberry?? Can I freeze it or seal them in my steamer/canner? My son is 2 – and then we have 2 adults in the house- what is the ok dosage on our pancakes- we don’t want to over dose lol
Stephanie,
Thanks for your questions and interest! And yes, this syrup is wonderful on pancakes and waffles! While I am not a doctor, I would use this
syrup like any other. Elderberries have wonderful immunity building properties, but really are just a berry. So using it just like you would use
a blackberry or strawberry syrup should be just fine. The berries freeze well- lay them out on a cookie sheet to freeze, and then put into zipper bags to freeze them. You could also freeze the syrup, but I find it stays a long time in the refrigerator (longer than it lasts in our household!). Hope this helps!
I see you stated this makes a small batch but could you please tell me approximately how much this would make? I am looking forward to making the syrup. It looks wonderful and I can’t wait to see how well it works for coughs/colds should we end up down that unfortunate road!
Hi, Alyson! So glad you stopped by. I believe this makes around 2 pints of syrup. It works great..but hopefully you won’t have to use it too much! Have a wonderful evening. -Alex
I like the idea of a small batch to try for the first time I make it. Then I could see how long it would last because I have not idea how much we would use. Thanks for sharing this – again. 🙂